Hardware Compatibility

From GalliumOS Wiki
Revision as of 06:51, 15 December 2015 by ColtonDRG (talk | contribs) (SeaBIOS (John Lewis and Factory), chrx, and GalliumOS support)

Jump to: navigation, search

GalliumOS requires "Legacy Boot" features in the firmware of your ChromeOS device. Some devices ship with stock firmware that includes Legacy Boot, and some devices require a firmware update to include it. Others will not work at all.

The chart below lists all ChromeOS devices ever produced, and the vital details regarding their ability to support GalliumOS. If you find any errors, updates, or missing devices, please let us know!

  • Intel Haswell, Broadwell, and Ivy/Sandy Bridge Chromebooks and Chromeboxes are supported by GalliumOS
  • Intel Bay Trail models are still only available in nightly. They will become available in mainline during Beta 2.
  • Intel Pineview models do not have the required firmware features, and are not presently possible to update
  • ARM models do not have the required firmware features, and are not presently possible to update

If you run into any issues not covered here, please check our issue tracker and submit a bug report.

Firmware updates for many devices are available from John Lewis or Matt Devillier.

Additionally, some devices can support dual-boot (GalliumOS alongside ChromeOS) either with stock firmware or with updated firmware. See chrx for more details.


SeaBIOS (John Lewis and Factory), chrx, and GalliumOS support

ChromeOS Device Hardware ID Year CPU Family Factory SeaBIOS John Lewis SeaBIOS chrx GalliumOS compatible? (and notes)
Acer C7 PARROT 2012 Intel Sandy Bridge
Intel Ivy Bridge
N FULL ROM or BOOT_STUB N Tested
Acer C710 PARROT 2012 Intel Sandy Bridge
Intel Ivy Bridge
N FULL ROM or BOOT_STUB N Tested
Acer C720 PEPPY 2013 Intel Haswell Y FULL ROM or BOOT_STUB or RW_LEGACY Y Tested
Acer C720P PEPPY 2013 Intel Haswell Y FULL ROM or BOOT_STUB or RW_LEGACY Y Y
Acer C730 GNAWTY 2014 Intel Bay Trail N BOOT_STUB N Nightly
Acer C910 YUNA 2014 Intel Broadwell Unusable: display not working RW_LEGACY JL probably
* HiDPI issues likely
Acer Chromebook 11 C740 PAINE 2014 Intel Broadwell RW_LEGACY Tested
Acer Chromebook 11 (CB3-111) GNAWTY 2014 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Acer Chromebook 15 (CB3-531) BANJO 2015 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Acer Chromebook 15 (CB5-571) YUNA 2014 Intel Broadwell Unusable: display not working RW_LEGACY JL probably
* HiDPI issues likely
Acer Chromebox CXI MCCLOUD 2014 Intel Haswell RW_LEGACY probably probably
Acer Chromebox CXI2 RIKKU 2015 Intel Broadwell Y probably
ASUS C200 SQUAWKS 2014 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
ASUS C300 QUAWKS 2014 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
ASUS Chromebox PANTHER 2014 Intel Haswell Unusable: keyboard not working FULL ROM or BOOT_STUB or RW_LEGACY JL Y
ASUS Chromebox CN62 GUADO 2015 Intel Broadwell Y probably
CTL NL6 Education Chromebook ENGUARDE 2014 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Dell 11 CANDY 2015 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Dell 11 WOLF 2014 Intel Haswell Y probably Y
Dell 11P (tbd) 2015 Intel Haswell probably probably probably
Dell Chromebook 13 LULU 2015 Intel Broadwell Y Y Y Y
Dell Chromebox TRICKY 2014 Intel Haswell RW_LEGACY probably probably
Google Chromebook Pixel LINK 2013 Intel Ivy Bridge Y FULL ROM or BOOT_STUB or RW_LEGACY Y Some issues - dedicated build in progress
Google Chromebook Pixel SAMUS 2015 Intel Broadwell Y RW_LEGACY Y probably
* HiDPI issues likely
* audio issues reported
Haier Chromebook 11 G2 HELI 2015 Intel Bay Trail N  ? N  ?
HP Chromebook 11 G3 KIP 2014 Intel Bay Trail N BOOT_STUB N Nightly
HP Chromebook 11 G4 KIP 2015 Intel Bay Trail N BOOT_STUB N Nightly
HP Chromebook 14 FALCO 2013 Intel Haswell Y Y Y Y
HP Chromebook 14 G4 KIP 2015 Intel Bay Trail N BOOT_STUB N Nightly
HP Chromebox ZAKO 2014 Intel Haswell Y probably Y
HP Pavilion BUTTERFLY 2013 Intel Sandy Bridge N Y N probably
LG Chromebase MONROE 2014 Intel Haswell Y probably probably
Lenovo 100S Chromebook ORCO 2015 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Lenovo N20 Chromebook CLAPPER 2014 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Lenovo N20P Chromebook CLAPPER 2014 Intel Bay Trail Y Nightly
Lenovo N21 Chromebook ENGUARDE 2015 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Lenovo ThinkCentre Chromebox TIDUS 2015 Intel Broadwell Y probably
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga GLIMMER 2014 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Lenovo Thinkpad 11e GLIMMER 2015 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Lenovo X131e STOUT 2013 Intel Ivy Bridge N Y N probably
Samsung Chromebook 2 (XE500C12) WINKY 2014 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Samsung Series 3 Chromebox STUMPY 2012 Intel Sandy Bridge N FULL ROM
At least 3 bricks reported.
N maybe
Samsung Series 5 550 LUMPY 2012 Intel Sandy Bridge N Y N probably
Senkatel Edu ENGUARDE 2014 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Toshiba Chromebook CB30 LEON 2014 Intel Haswell Y Y probably
Toshiba Chromebook CB35 LEON 2014 Intel Haswell Y Y probably
Toshiba Chromebook 2 CB30 SWANKY 2014 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Toshiba Chromebook 2 CB35 SWANKY 2014 Intel Bay Trail N Y N Nightly
Toshiba Chromebook 2 CB35 GANDOF 2015 Intel Broadwell Y probably

Intel Pineview and ARM - Totally unsupported

ChromeOS Device Hardware ID Year CPU Family Factory SeaBIOS John Lewis SeaBIOS chrx GalliumOS compatible? (and notes)
Acer AC700 ZGB 2011 Intel Pineview N N N N
Acer Chromebook 13 C810 (tbd) 2015 ARM N N N N
Acer Chromebook 13 (CB5-311) BIG 2014 ARM N N N N
ASUS C201 SPEEDY 2015 ARM N N N N
ASUS Flip C100 MINNIE 2015 ARM N N N N
CTL J2 Chromebook for Education JERRY 2015 ARM N N N N
CTL J4 Chromebook for Education JERRY 2015 ARM N N N N
Google Cr-48 MARIO 2011 Intel Pineview N N N N
Haier Chromebook 11 JAQ 2015 ARM N N N N
Haier Chromebook 11 (edu) MIGHTY 2015 ARM N N N N
HEXA Chromebook Pi EXPRESSO 2014 ARM N N N N
HiSense Chromebook 11 JERRY 2015 ARM N N N N
HP Chromebook 11 G1 SPRING 2013 ARM N N N N
HP Chromebook 11 G2 SKATE 2013 ARM N N N N
HP Chromebook 14 G3 BLAZE 2014 ARM N N N N
Samsung ARM Chromebook SNOW 2012 ARM N N N N
Samsung Chromebook 2 (XE503C12) PIT 2014 ARM N N N N
Samsung Chromebook 2 (XE503C32) PI 2014 ARM N N N N
Samsung Series 5 ALEX 2011 Intel Pineview N N N N